Apparatus for suspending decorative pendant lights

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses an apparatus for suspending decorative lights. The apparatus comprises an elongated tube structure that can be coupled to a window, door or other fixtures in a building with one or more removable pivoting connector mounts. The elongated tube structure comprises individual lights or a net of lights. The lights are coupled to the elongated tube structure via openings provided in the elongated tube structure. The elongated tube structure comprises a wire within the structure to draw power for lighting the lights.

I claim: 
     
       1. Apparatus for suspending lights comprising:
 an elongated light tube having a removable connector at each end thereof to allow for extensions of said light tube; 
 an electric wire extending through said light tube and said connectors for connecting to adjacent light tubes and/or a power source; 
 a plurality of spaced openings formed along a length of said light tube; 
 light generating sources extending out of said spaced openings, each light source having a clip connecting to said electric wire for drawing power, said light sources being suspended from said light tube; 
 whereby said removable connectors are removable and said wire retracted into said light tube for storage; 
 said elongated light tube being connectable by at least one removable pivoting connector mount to a surface extending in a plane parallel to an axis of said elongated light tube or to a surface extending in a plane not parallel to an axis of said elongated light tube. 
 
     
     
       2. The apparatus of  claim 1  in which said light tube is made from flexible material. 
     
     
       3. The apparatus of  claim 1  in which connectors are threadably engaged to said light tube. 
     
     
       4. The apparatus of  claim 1  in which each light source comprises a net or series of individual lights. 
     
     
       5. Apparatus for suspending display lights from a vertical surface comprising, in combination:
 an elongated light tube having a removable connector at each end thereof to allow for extensions of said light tube; 
 an electric wire extending through said light tube and said connectors for connecting to adjacent light tubes and/or a power source; 
 a plurality of spaced openings formed along a length of said light tube; 
 light generating sources extending out of said spaced openings, each light source having a clip connecting to said electric wire for drawing power, said light sources being suspended from said light tube; 
 at least one removable pivoting connector mount attached to said light tube for adhesively connecting said light tube to said vertical surface; and 
 whereby said at least one removable connector is removable and said wire retracted into said light tube for storage away from said vertical surface; 
 said elongated light tube being connectable by said at least one removable pivoting connector mount to said vertical surface, wherein said vertical surface is a surface extending in a plane parallel to an axis of said elongated light tube or wherein said vertical surface is a surface extending in a plane not parallel to an axis of said elongated light tube. 
 
     
     
       6. The combination of  claim 5  in which said vertical surface is a transparent window of a building structure for viewing said display lights through said window. 
     
     
       7. The combination of  claim 6  in which said window includes side frames, and said at least one removable pivoting connector mount is a plurality of removable pivoting connector mount s mounts being adhesively attached to said side frames. 
     
     
       8. The combination of  claim 5  in which said at least one removable pivoting connector mount comprises a mounting plate with an adhesive layer on a surface of said mounting plate attached to said vertical surface, wall members mounted on an opposite side of said mounting plate forming an open box, a cubic body press fit into said open box, said cubic body having a flat surface opposite that of said open box having spring clip arms for grasping said light tube, thereby securing said light tube on said vertical surface extending in a plane parallel or an axis of said elongated light tube or onto said vertical surface extending in a plane not parallel to said axis of said elongated light tube. 
     
     
       9. The combination of  claim 8  wherein said vertical surface extends perpendicular to said axis of said elongated light tube. 
     
     
       10. The combination of  claim 8  wherein said vertical surface extends at a slanted angle to said axis of said elongated light tube. 
     
     
       11. The combination of  claim 8  in which said adhesive on said mounting plate comprises one or more mounting strips having release tabs for easy removal of said mount from said window vertical surface. 
     
     
       12. The combination of  claim 5  in which said at least one removable pivoting connector mount comprises a mount with two pivoting parts. 
     
     
       13. The combination of  claim 12  further said at least one removable pivoting connector mount comprising a mounting plate with a base plate, and an attached extension with a pivot hole adjacent the distal end; a tube clip with a C-shaped spring clip being attached to a bracket having reciprocal pivot holes, wherein the mounting plate and tube clip are joined together by a bolt/axle and retained by a retainer. 
     
     
       14. The combination of  claim 13  in which each said at least one removable pivoting connector mount comprises a mounting plate with an adhesive layer on a surface of said mounting plate attached to said vertical surface. 
     
     
       15. The combination of  claim 14  in which said adhesive on said mounting plate comprises one or more mounting strips having release tabs for easy removal of said at least one removable pivoting connector mount from said vertical surface. 
     
     
       16. A method of constructing and using a light tube for displaying lights comprising the steps of:
 providing an elongated light tube having a removable connector at each end thereof to allow for extensions of said light tube; 
 extending an electric wire through said light tube and using said connectors to connect said electric wire to adjacent light tubes and/or a power source; 
 providing a plurality of spaced openings along a length of said light tube; 
 suspending light generating extending sources out of said spaced openings, using a clip to connect each light source to said electric wire for drawing power, said light sources thereby being suspended from said light tube; 
 using one or more removable pivoting connector mounts attached to said light tube for adhesively connecting said light tube to said vertical surface; 
 connecting said elongated light tube by said one or more removable pivoting connector mounts to said vertical surface, wherein said vertical surface is a surface extending in a plane parallel to an axis of said elongated light tube or wherein said vertical surface is a surface extending in a plane not parallel to an axis of said elongated light tube; said removable pivoting connector mount having at least one removable adhesive layer strip; and 
 removing said one or more removable pivoting connector mounts from said vertical surface and said connectors from ends of said light tube, followed by retracting said wire into said light tube for storage away from said vertical surface. 
 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 16  in which said vertical surface is a transparent window of a building structure for viewing said display lights through said window. 
     
     
       18. The method of  claim 16  in which said window includes side frames, and said one or more removable pivoting connector mounts are adhesively attached to vertical surfaces of said side frames. 
     
     
       19. The method of  claim 16  in which each said removable pivoting connector mount comprises a mounting plate with an adhesive layer on a surface of mounting plate attached to said vertical surface, wall members mounted on an opposite side of said mounting plate forming an open box, press fitting a cubic body into said open box, said cubic body having a flat surface opposite that of said open box having spring clip arms, and using said spring clip arms for grasping and supporting said light tube on said window vertical surface. 
     
     
       20. The method of  claim 16  in which each said removable pivoting connector mount comprises a mount with two pivoting parts, capable of mounting said elongated light tube to at least one of a vertical surface extending parallel to an axis of said elongated light tube or to a vertical surface not extending parallel to an axis of said elongated light tube.